Contemporary children's literature and film

By Clare Bradford, Kerry Mallan

Subjects: Children's literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Books and reading, Children's literature, history and criticism, Children's films, Criticism, Children, books and reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Children, History and criticism, Children in literature, Theory

Description: "Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people. Integrating perspectives from across feminism, ecocriticism, postcolonialism and poststructuralism, it demonstrates how these inform approaches to a range of contemporary literature and film"--